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Article: Cheruiyot, Tune win Boston Marathon
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- April 21, 2008
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Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston Marathon on Monday, and Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race.
Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering 2 hours, 7 minutes, 46 seconds. He missed the course record he set two years ago by 32 seconds, but became the fourth man to win the world's oldest annual marathon four times.
Cheruiyot and Tune, who finished in 2:25:25, each earned an enhanced prize of $150,000 _ the biggest in major marathon history.
Abderrahime Bouramdane was 1:18 behind Cheruiyot and Khalid El Boumlili came in third, another 1:31 back. Nicholas Arciniaga, of Rochester ...